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Curious Southern Cook on a journey to learn...and to create exceptional dining experiences. I love entertaining and preparing food for loved ones & friends and sharing those experiences with others. My wish is that you will be fed too. Bon Appetite!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Spiced Pork Empanadas

This
past Sunday, our neighborhood experienced a wonderful thing. We came together for three hours… in the
street… under a tent for a block party. We
all brought food to share, plus it was byod (drink) and byoc (chair). Neighbors of every description converged to
get to know each other a little bit better.
There was even a young couple that had just closed on their house last
Friday to join us and they will not even be moving in until June. What fun the children had… you should have
seen them (with a little help from adults) as they made a train with their
wagons, pulled by a motorized riding toy.

The
block party committee, which met earlier in the year, had determined the date (May
5) and because it was Cinco de Mayo requested that the food complement the theme. One neighbor made a family recipe of Paella
in a special pan street side. My contribution
was the Spiced Pork Empanadas that you find here in this post and our byod was Cinco Sangría de Fruta. A great time was had by all and until the
next block party, impromptu “porch time(s)” will be taking place all over the
neighborhood. Thank you to Andy Shehee for providing our tent. Enjoy!